One of the biggest stories so far out of the world’s largest cancer conference doesn’t have to do with a groundbreaking drug, but rather a revolutionary new way of genetically sequencing patients’ cancers that could reduce the need for painful and pricey biopsies.
The test in question is the brainchild of Silicon Valley biotech upstart Guardant Health, which announced new data from a massive, 15,191-patient study of its Guardant360 “liquid biopsy” technology during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago this weekend.
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